Thomas Fitzgerald

Thomas Fitzgerald (10 April 1796-25 March 1855) was a US Senator from Michigan (D) from 8 June 1848 to 4 March 1849, interrupting Lewis Cass' terms.

Biography
Thomas Fitzgerald was born in Germantown, New York in 1796, and he served in the US Army during the War of 1812. In 1819, he moved to Boonville, Indiana, where he taught school and studied law. He went on to serve in the state legislature, and he served in the US Senate from Michigan from 1848 to 1849, having settled in St. Joseph in 1832. He died in 1855.